Constituency
67. Sitamarhi
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-SITAMARHI
INC 38.8%won by 0.1%SSP 38.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.1% to 0.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerSamyukta Socialist Party (SSP) finished second with 38.6% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 77.4% of the vote between them, up from 62.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 12.3% to 64.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,64,690
Turnout
64.5%
Valid votes
3,64,388
Margin
517
0.14%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1N.P. YADAVIndian National Congress · INC1,41,33738.8%
- 2T. Y. K. SINGHSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP1,40,82038.6%
- 3J. N. SINGHIndependent · IND34,0049.3%
- 4S. SAHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS31,4698.6%
- 5S. PRASADIndependent · IND12,7403.5%
- 6S. SHARMAPraja Socialist Party · PSP4,0181.1%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SSP swing
- −38.0%
- INC share
- 38.2% → 38.8%
- SSP share
- 0.0% → 38.6%
- Turnout
- 52.3% → 64.5%